ASP.NET Custom Control - Template Allowing Literal Content
- by Bob Fincheimer
I want my User Control to be able to have Literal Content inside of it. For Example:
<fc:Text runat="server">Please enter your login information:</fc:Text>
Currently the code for my user control is:
<ParseChildren(True, "Content")> _
Partial Public Class ctrFormText
Inherits FormControl
Private _content As ArrayList
<PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerDefaultProperty), _
DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content), _
TemplateInstance(TemplateInstance.Single)> _
Public Property Content() As ArrayList
Get
If _content Is Nothing Then
Return New ArrayList
End If
Return _content
End Get
Set(ByVal value As ArrayList)
_content = value
End Set
End Property
Protected Overrides Sub CreateChildControls()
If _content IsNot Nothing Then
ctrChildren.Controls.Clear()
For Each i As Control In _content
ctrChildren.Controls.Add(i)
Next
End If
MyBase.CreateChildControls()
End Sub
End Class
And when I put text inside this control (like above) i get this error:
Parser Error Message: Literal content ('Please enter your login information to access CKMS:') is not allowed within a 'System.Collections.ArrayList'.
This control could have other content than just the text, so making the Content property an attribute will not solve my problem.
I found in some places that I need to implement a ControlBuilder Class, along with another class that implements IParserAccessor.
Anyway I just want my default "Content" property to have all types of controls allowed in it, both literal and actual controls.
